Audit evasion via unenforced XML activity logging
Published Mar 10, 2020 · Updated Nov 18, 2024
Insufficient logging in Siemens Control Center Server before 1.5.0 allows remote authenticated users to conceal XML-protocol actions. The XML-based protocol on default ports 5444/tcp and 5440/tcp does not enforce recording of security-relevant activity in the application log. Access requires valid authentication and network reachability, and resulting actions evade application-level audit visibility without directly exposing data or interrupting service.
Summary
What happened
Insufficient logging in Siemens Control Center Server before 1.5.0 allows remote authenticated users to conceal XML-protocol actions. The XML-based protocol on default ports 5444/tcp and 5440/tcp does not enforce recording of security-relevant activity in the application log. Access requires valid authentication and network reachability, and resulting actions evade application-level audit visibility without directly exposing data or interrupting service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2019-19295
- Published
- Mar 10, 2020
- Updated
- Nov 18, 2024
- Vendor
- Siemens
- Product
- Control Center Server (CCS)
- Classifications
- CWE-778
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 10, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 18, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=All versions < V1.5.0
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